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A25380 A gentle reflection on the modest account, and a vindication of the loyal abhorrers from the calumnies of a factious pen by the author of the Parallel. Northleigh, John, 1657-1705.; Andrews, John, fl. 1734-1735. 1682 (1682) Wing A3121; ESTC R9495 25,676 20

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